tention. republicans will by and large ignore this. some will pay attention but sporadically so. this is her opportunity to define who she is to the democratic constituencies in a way that will show her vision for the future. it is an incredibly important moment for her campaign to not just continue to unify the democratic party but to continue this incredible momentum that she has had. if she can bring enough groups in with full energy, it will be very hard to stop the campaign going into the fall. host: the unconventional way that she got here, does the constitution say anything about primaries or how presidential candidates need to be selected? guest: no. in fact, there is no mention of nominations, no mention of

political parties in the constitution. all we have in the constitution is the electoral college. there is not even a requirement that states hold -- >> welcome everyone. i am cochair of the u.s. palestinian community network chicago. cochair of the coalition to march on the dnc. on behalf of the coalition i'm honored to welcome you to chicago today. chicago, the largest city with a cease fire resolution under mayor brandon johnson that identifies the act of israel as genocidal, and the city that has organized almost 50 mass protests as the coalition for justice in palestine where we

stopped down roads, highways lakeshore drive over the past 10 months. the coalition to march on the dnc is a beautiful and broad coalition of more than 250 organizations representing the immigrant rights struggle, black liberation labor reproductive and lgbtqia+ justice movements that are all standing with palestine and demanding an end of all u.s. aid to this settler, colonial, racist state of israel. we want our long flight of the city to be within sight and sound of that convention. and we know that there is nothing to celebrate in that meeting. that meeting represents genocide and war.

and we will be marching in armor tens of thousands to make our demands clear, that the democrats must immediately end the u.s.-funded genocide on the palestinian people, let all humanitarian aid into gaza, stop arming israel, and stop all aid to the racist, colonial terrorist state of israel. and we will continue to march and show up and show out until we have made all of our demands clear, until we have ended the genocide and achieved total and complete liberation of palestine, and all colonized arable l land. from the river to the sea! palestine will be free!

>> palestine will be free! >> from the sea to the river. palestine will live forever! >> palestine will live forever! >> palestine will live forever! >> thank you. welcome my co-emcee. >> from the river to the sea. palestine will be free! from the river to the sea. palestine will be free ! from the sea to the river. palestine will live forever! from the sea to the river.

palestine will live forever! i am a proud member of the national alliance against racist and political repression. we are out here today as we witness the criminal genocide continue on for over 300 days. shame. shame. a genocide executed by the criminal zionist government with the full diplomatic cover and financial support from the u.s. imperialist government. say shame shame, shame. while public education is under attack while basic reproductive health care is under attack, while both republicans and democrats serve the empire and monopoly capitalist interests we are here today from all across this country to make it clear that we say genocide is

not welcome here. we make it clear that we will not be casting any ballots for anybody who oversees the genocide and discriminant murder of palestinian children, families, and futures. we know palestine will be liberated in our lifetime. and it is because palestine is a struggle for justice, for all people it's a struggle that connects all of our shared oppression toward shared liberation. i'm excited and eager to be out here with you today from jacksonville florida let me hear it all of you out here today. for e.g., free palestine. for, free palestine. one quick announcement. the livestream is only available

on youtube, so please go to youtube to access the livestream. our next speaker, koby guillory, a middle school science teacher in chicago who grew up in johannesburg, south africa. he has been organizing with the chicago alliance of racism against political repression since 2019 and with the chicago teachers union since 2022. >> from the river to the sea. palestine will be free! good afternoon y'all. my name is koby guillory, one of the cochairs of the coalition to march on the dnc. it is amazing to see so many people from so many different

communities out here. not another nickel, not another dime. no more money for israel's crimes. all throughout this week, genocide joe, hundreds of other war criminals are here in chicago. after more than 300 days of genocide, what is there to celebrate? do they find housing, do they fund health care, education? do they stop the police from killing black people? have they defend the people's rights from right-wing attacks? no. what they have done instead is

fund one of the most horrific crimes against humanity that we have ever seen. the leading democrats saying nice words about their communities that help them get elected. but they prove through their actions that they serve the same corporate interests as the republicans. so that leaves us with only one option. when palestine is under attack what do we do? when palestine is under attack, what do we do? >> stand up, fight back. >> when people's rights are under attack, what do we do? we have to fight for a world because these politicians will never, ever give us anything out of the goodness of their heart. and that is why we have over 270

organizations united in this whole mission raising funds every day until we destroy this genocidal system. [applause] we are here today. we are going to fight to end all u.s. aid to israel. we will fight for the people's agenda. you will hear from some of the organizations that are in this coalition, about the work that they do in their communities how that connects to the palestinian liberation struggle. now, there were criminals at the united center, they think that having bombs and police makes them powerful, but the power is the thousands of people that are represented right now. i want to end with one thing. repeat after me.

the people united will never be defeated. >> the people united will never be defeated. >> let's keep fighting. we are going to win. >> give it up for koby y'all. if you are in the back, get as close to the stage as possible. guy's, gaza, head held high. we are on the freedom side. gaza, gaza, head held high. we are on the freedom side. one more time for koby. we will hear from another amazing chicago organizer. a national leader of the united states palestinian community

network. she is the former co-chair -- former member of the action network chicago for six years leading as a youth organizer ma in social work from the university of chicago. let's give it up. [applause] >> hey dems, you can't hide. we charge you with genocide. we charge you with genocide. hello, everyone. i am a proud palestinian organizer with a u.s. palestinian community network. i am honored to be speaking here at this march, in a town that is a union town, a town that is an

antiwar town, a town home to the largest palestinian population in the u.s. this is chicago, this is chin-town. even as as palestinians, we have been grieving for the past 10 months, but we had never been more proud to be palestinian. we are here from all of our coalition movements. labor, immigrant rights, lgbtqia, reproductive rights, education, fighting against police crime, disability rights, and most in the center, the palestine antiwar movement. the palestinians of gaza are trying to survive a genocide, and the administration that gives israel the green light to

murder our people is having a celebration in our city. the biden administration and democrats have ignored our calls for an end to the genocide claiming harassment when everyone confronts them about the mass murder of palestinians. for example speaker pelosi made ridiculous claims that chinese and russian governments were paying palestinians to protest support for the genocide. for months, we have seen horrific photos and videos coming out of gaza, from elders in wheelchairs being displaced for the third time in their lives, two children being blown apart, to palestinians being held captive and tortured, to schools, mosques, and churches and homes being blown up. the democrats, along with republicans, have created an environment vilifying our

students sending military police to harm them for calling on divestment to israel. they are using repression to repress activists. they have fbi visits and law enforcement harassing our community to stoke fear. they have reignited racist troops toward palestinians and arabs. there was a where the motivators for an assault -- over 28 times until he was killed outside of chicago. today, shame. at the dnc, the keynote speaker is none other than genocide joe whose administration gave unlimited power to israel, gave israel an additional $20 billion in u.s. taxpayer dollars. israel does the bombing. israel pulls the trigger.

the u.s. is paying for it. genocide joe in 2020 try to scare us with the threatened that trump would cut under us. well, his administration suspended unrwa funding since october. the politicians in this convention are telling you that palestine should not be your issue. when u.s. police department get trained by israeli occupation forces and bring those military tactics back to kill blacks and brown communities. palestine is the issue. when our tax dollars are being used to kill doctors, nurses, and paramedics, palestine is your issue. when the irs blows up universities in gaza and 15,000 children that will never return to school, refuses to fund education here, palestine is your issue. i want to add that there are

people who are upset that we are criticizing and holding the democrats accountable that somehow we are giving power to trump. we recognize trump and project 2025 are dangerous. we know the dangers of his administration and his son in law jared kushner's racist rhetoric colonial ambitions to further colonize palestine. we know jared was honored by the anti-black anti-arab anti-muslim, anti-defamation league. adl had him as a speaker at the convention. so that is why we marched on the dnc. in closing this incredible mobilization is here because of all of you and your solidarity. and we will end zionism. we will return back home. and we will continue to resist occupation and colonialism.

from the river to the sea palestine will be free! and from the sea to the river palestine will live forever! palestine will live forever! please help me welcome up our next speaker. the executive director of the national alliance against racist and political repression. they fight across the u.s. against police crimes and for community controls of police. revolutionary for over 60 years he is one of the leading black liberation organizers in the u.s., has published two books. his memoir and marxist

perspectives on black liberation and socialism. [applause] >> all power to the people. i said all power to the people. welcome to chicago. [applause] i've been thinking about what i was going to say for a couple of days. in fact, i woke up around 2:00 this morning thinking about what i would say. and these simple words came to mind. our whole entire history of the world, there has never been a moment like this, a moment so -- the horrors of genocide.

a catastrophic moment, for sure. also a moment of unspeakable resistance from the palestinian people. that is why we are here today. we are here today, among other things to declare our unconditional solidarity with the palestinian people. [applause] so that nobody misunderstand what i mean by that, let me say [indiscernible] also i'm here to denounce the criminal outlaw government that is in washington, d.c. right now. because when you support --

correct me if i'm wrong. netanyahu just addressed congress. isn't that a national war criminal? just addressed a joint session of congress. so we know which side they are on. we know what side they are on. we are encouraged by what side we are on. we should end the genocide now stop all aid to israel, and we are going to keep on fighting back until we get what we want. you may not get all that you fight for, but you had to fight for what you get. so three, free palestine. free free palestine. from the river to the sea. from the river to the sea.

palestine will be free. [applause] >> free, free palestine. free, free palestine. end the occupation now. end the occupation now. lift the siege on gaza now. lift the siege on gaza now. we are going to hear from another phenomenal speaker. give it up for one of the founding members of the antiwar action network, which has led multiple days of action and solidarity with palestinians across the globe. free,f free palestine.

>> free, free palestine! free, free palestine! the antiwar action network is so proud to be marching here on the dnc for day, shoulder to shoulder with all of you. we brought folks here today from minneapolis, from milwaukee detroit, grand rapids, chicago dallas, denver jacksonville, portland, new orleans, tucson, all to be a part of this critically important national protest. anna democratic party when they ousted genocide joe they thought we wouldn't be here today, they hoped that we wouldn't be here today. while his ousting was a victory that we should claim, it is not enough. we want an end to the genocide,

not just new leadership of a genocide. we need to end weapons sales to israel. and we are not going to get it if we just line up behind kamala. we will only get what we demand if we keep demanding it, refused to be silent during a genocide. and lately, and i assume many of you have been, too why are you here protesting harris today when i stand for trans rights, reproductive rights, when i stand for climate justice? but the reality is, we deserve candidates who will stand up for progressive policies like reproductive rights, immigrant rights, like labor rights, fighting against climate change, and who will end the genocide in gaza. we should not have to choose

whose lives we value in an election. and taking a stand against genocide should not be treated like a fringe issue. we are going to make certain that it is not treated like a fringe issue. many of us here today we have spent our whole summer protesting for palestine atpalestine at home, at the rnc and now here at the dnc because we know regardless of who wins this election our role will not be done. we need an end to u.s. aid to israel and in order to do this we need to get the new to fight for divestment in our state, our campuses, anywhere we can. we need students to continue and build the momentum they built in the spring.

we need our movement to keep up pressure on weapons manufacturers. we need to be at the inauguration to send a message that we will not be ignored. we need to keep rolling our movement until it cannot be egg nord -- cannot be ignored. some people think social change is made by delegates in the dnc but in reality it is made by us and it is made in the streets. from the river to the sea holstein will be free -- palestine will be free. >> from the river to the sea. >> from the river to the sea. >> palestine will be free. >> palestine will be free. >> from the sea to the river. >> from the sea to the river. >> palestine will live forever. >> palestine will live forever. >> awesome yall.

we are about to hear from one of my favorite artists. poet and r&b singer jamila would. in 2012 she published her first book the truth about dog. as a singer and songwriter, she has produced hip-hop and soul music releasing her debut album heaven in 2016. go listen to it. raised in her church choir, or musical aesthetic involves -- in addition to the hip hop tradition. give it up. [applause] >> ♪ black is white

emergency hotline if i say that i can't breathe will i become a chalk line up to see the movie line up to see the end the officer that is scheming to cover up their cover-up ask me, questions tell me no more lies your servant and protecting is still in babies eyes i'm very black, black can't send me back take my brother hi fight back, back

i'm very black black i made a pact, pact take my brother, brother i fight back, back that is all i that is all i that is all i know ♪ ♪ [applause] thank you, chicago. how are y'all feeling? congratulations. thank you for being here today. i'm going to share a couple more songs with you all. this next one -- this next song is inspired by the land back movement and the climate justice movement. as we know, all of the struggles are connected. one of the first schools of colonialism is to separate the people from the land.

separate peoples's ability to sustain themselves through the land. this song. [cheering] 3, 3, three palestine free free, free palestine >> free, free, free palestine. >> i think a lot about the -- in that indigenous -- teaches us how to relate to the land. we don't have to reinvent the wheel. we already know. up to those lessons the earth is ready to teach us. ♪

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♪ you better, better teach me how to love you better, better ♪ ♪ thank you so much. [cheering] this next song is inspired by a black woman who was killed by an

off-duty police officer. she was just my age. she would have been my age today. this was inspired by black women organizers organizing the way we are doing today. ♪

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♪ what they don't understand what they don't understand what they don't understand chicago come up repeat -- chicago, repeat after me fight for our freedom it is our duty to win. we must love each other and support each other. >> we must love each other and support each other. >> we have nothing to lose but our chains. >> we have nothing to lose but our chains. >> thank you so much. [cheering] [applause]

> let's give it up for jamila woods once more. i have a sad announcement to share in the chicago and community. anthony gay who was wrongfully imprisoned and spent 22 years in solitary confinement died two days ago in the hospital due to medical neglect at the hands of the federal prison system. shame. he was a member of the national alliance against racism political repression. i would like to take a moment of silence so we can remember anthony.

we can use this time to reflect and remember the same systems that are killing our people in gaza are torturing and killing black people in chicago, in the u.s. these are the same systems. chicago is a police torture capital of the world. anthony gay was filled by this system and we carry anthony gay's. with us as we march on the dnc today and we joined the alliance call to free all wrongfully convicted torture survivors from prison immediately. when i say freedom all, you say freedom now. freed them all.

freed them all. free them all. free them all. thank you, everyone. i would like to welcome our next speaker, mohammed, an organizer with the palestinian youth movement, a transnational grassroots movement of young palestinians in palestine and in exile who strive to ensure a better future for themselves and subsequent generations. [cheering] >> whose streets? >> our streets. >> whose streets? >> our streets. >> chicago, i can't hear you. whose streets?

>> our streets. >> whose streets? >> our streets. >> our streets. not theirs. ours. [cheering] we have for generations walked and suffered as we built these streets with our own hands while the ruling class overlooked us from their ivory towers and flew over us in their private jets and yet they claim they exist amongst us. shame. in 1968, we gathered on these very streets to protest the illegal war on vietnam that sacrificed our children of the working class and plummeted the citizens of this country into a depression. the city responded not by listening but by their usual way of systemic oppression and brutality in hopes of quelling

the movement. shame. 50 years later, we find ourselves walking those same steps in history with gaza being the most recent target of u.s. imperialism at the suffering of their own people. they have responded in the same way. systemic oppression and brutality. >> shame. >> what the ruling class has yet to understand for the last five decades is that no amount of brutality will ever quell the movement. there violence has only increased our will for justice however will for freedom and our steadfastness. [cheering] we are not here by our own will but because the democratic party

has forced us to be here. because the continuously performance of politics and uttered the word cease fire while they send checks. who are they trying to full? we are here to demand better. [cheering] we know that it was our movement that made joe biden so unpopular that he had to step down. and we know and have known for 10 months, for 10 months the power of the movement and that is why we continuously mobilize by the millions and the millions and have not lost any energy along the way.

so what makes them think we will stop now? we won't stop. that is right. to the current administration and to kamala harris, we are done with your words and platitudes. we demand action. we demand an end to the war in gaza and we demand a total arms embargo. [cheering] $3.5 billion. 3.5 billion dollars. imagine what you can do with $3.5 billion within your own community. that amount of money has just this week been awarded to is not read by our so-called democratic administration.

this comes at a time when two thirds of americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, the leading cause of bankruptcy is medical debt. even here in chicago, 200,000 residents of marginalized communities are in threat of gentrification and displacement. do you know how our representatives responded to these problems? you guys know the answer. with more funding to a foreign nation, the nation of israel. the nation of israel as it commits the worst genocide of this century. over 100,000 estimate he killed including my very own baby cousin. only 12 years old.

and only 10 years old. were found by their families. imagine that. just to wrap up, we are all palestinians. this is not merely solidarity. my brothers and sisters, let us be the generation of change. let us be the generation of liberation. free palestine. [cheering] >> hello everyone. thank you so much for being with us today. [cheering] i am a student organizer. i'm currently residing as the chicago co-chair. [cheering]

i love you too. the city of chicago has been transformed into what resembled a police state. the city has issued road closures within the perimeter of the dnc. they had deployed 2005 hundred police officers and even sent the national guard out here to protect these genocidal profiteers. chicago to amenities do not need -- chicago communities do not need increased policing. need our welfare system funded. need our school system shutting down. need access to quality health care and we need an end to this dam genocide. i witnessed firsthand the efforts to stifle our voices and repress our movement. the student encampments carried a space of education, capital -- committee support and beautiful

solidarity. [cheering] day in and day out on multiple and campgrounds, students faculty and community members came through for each other in unprecedented ways. the biden administration criminalizing the students. bringing public and private police forces to suppress our presence on campuses. shame. up until now, students continue to be targeted by the administration and the police. currently u chicago is helping 500 -- is housing 500 cops in student dorms. are people are facing unprecedented homelessness yet the administration is more committed to giving cops a place to stay then to meet students demands of divestment. why are we funding israel and

not our students? why are -- why are the students painted as the criminals when our universities are the ones backing the genocide? even to get on this stage we had to get their approval even though this is our right. we have not stopped. we will no longer accept the status quo. these are not normal times and we will continue to -- for immigrant rights, for black liberation for queer abrasion. -- queer liberation. to the corrupt universities and the democrats, the whole world is watching. repeat after me. the whole world is watching. the whole world is watching. the whole world is watching. [cheering]

i would like to introduce my co-mc. [cheering] >> good afternoon. one more time. good afternoon. that is better. i am an organizer. in the words of the freedom fighters come i'm here to tell the democratic party that i am sick and tired of being sick and tired. say it again. association of aerospace

workers. chicago community organizer. he is the son of an undocumented immigrant. and today is representing the national immigrant rights organization legalization. [cheering] >> power to the people. all power to the people. much better. thank you. all right. here in solidarity with palestine struggles. our struggles are not isolated from one another.

both of our people live with the scars and constant threat of unfettered imperialism. we emigrants, we children of immigrants are under attack. there has been a constant shift in our lifetime, a rightward shift within democratic party and policies. rather than lighten the weight of american imperialism that burns the shoulders of hard-working immigrants, the democrats have taken an anti-immigrant policy to attempt to bring in republican voters. shame. our voters are already being -- our borders already being policed. with the same technology israel uses from companies like caterpillar. u.s. border patrol uses the same tactics to repress our palestinian brothers and sisters .

we gather in solidarity with the palestinian liberation struggle in the black liberation struggle. [cheering] we gathered in solidarity against the rnc and we gather in solidarity today against the dnc. for both parties complicity with the imperial project at home and abroad. i was in mexico a few weeks ago and i saw people living in utter desperation. i saw families who marry off their own daughters in hopes of one less mouth to feed in the house. mining corporations funded by u.s. capitol that receive no environmental oversight, no worker safety standards.

this was just a tiny glimpse into what happens in the rest of latin america. i saw families, social welfare -- they do everything possible to ensure they are fed. three very desperate traditions. contradictory to the ongoing rhetoric of the rate of these people are violent criminals. i saw hungry children and parents yearning for a sense of stability, for a sense of safety. these conditions from which people flee their homeland, we see through the lies they tell against our people and we demand harris put a stop to all anti-immigration policies. we demand an end to the border wall and border militarization. we demand an end to the dehumanization and exportation of our people. we demand an end to the palestinian genocide and we demand legalization for [no audio]

>> thank you. >> let's give it up. show me what democracy looks like. show me what democracy looks like. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> show me what community looks like. >> this is what two-minute he looks like. >> show me what team unity looks like. >> this is what community looks like. >> make some noise. i would like you to make some noise. executive director of the arab american action network and the program coordinator for the

coalition to march on the dnc. make some noise. [cheering] >> give it up for the emcees. reverend jamie. this is incredible. look at yourselves. 15,000 people right now. [cheering] 15,000 people representing all of the major issues and communities in this country. black liberation, immigrant rights, reproductive rights, women's rights. workers rights. the right to strike. the right to unionize. the rank-and-file workers here come of the black community members here, the documented and

undocumented immigrants are here. [cheering] they asked me ad nausea what -- to have a protest like this. i said i don't give a shit what happens at the dnc. you have already accomplished it. [cheering] kamala and genocidal joe and baby killer blinken and all the rest of the democratic party. we are not going to let them get a pass. we are not going to let durbin or schumer or jeffries or pelosi or any of the top democrats a pass. this is what they are afraid of. they are afraid of all of us.

they are afraid of the unity between black and palestinian people in the country. they are afraid of the unity between palestinian people and undocumented immigrants in the country. they are afraid of the unity of the working class and rank-and-file workers an in this country. i want to thank every single one of you for being here. want to thank you for what you do for us and for our families and for our people in palestine. [cheering] we need to thank you somewhere by putting money in the buckets that are going around. i know you have seen fundraising before. i don't have time to do the 30 minute one. i'm asking you to go into your pocket. please drop what you can in the

bucket. this is a grassroots effort. i know some of you have already given. i know some of you have seen the website and going on the link and given money. we appreciate it. it is a grassroots effort. we need all the money we can to pay for all the expenses. we got another big protest coming up on thursday and we are going to need to do that as well. the buckets are going around. continue doing that. i want to say we are winning. [cheering] it is very difficult to say sometimes when you know you buried 40,000 of your beautiful people but we are winning. the israelis cannot defeat the palestinian resistance in gaza. the americans in the u.s. and europeans cannot be a dos in the streets -- cannot be tell us in the streets. thank you very much. [cheering] >> who is the revolution?

>> we are the revolution. >> who is the revolution? >> we are the revolution. >> who is the anti-fonda -- the intifada? >> we are the intifada. >> i would like to welcome our next speaker who is an attorney and board member for the chicago chapter of american wisdom for palestine. he likes to take on modern palestinian history and palestinian rights under international law. [cheering] >> what a crowd. how loud can you be? from the river to the sea. >> from the river to the sea. >> palestine will be free. >> palestine will be free.

>> unbelievable. [cheering] kamala harris freedom and justice and liberation for the palestinian people. i'm speaking. [cheering] kamala and the administration to which you belong have been openly, proudly and disgustingly complicit in the first livestreamed genocide in the history of the world. kamala, while you are speaking, palestinians are dying. while you are speaking, schools hospitals and mosques have been bombed and destroyed. while you are speaking,

children, women, journalists doctors, nurses, students, academics, scientists have been killed. while you are speaking, all with our tax dollars and your stated weapons. -- your state weapons. shame on you. we are here to tell the dnc genocide joe and kamala harris not in our name. [cheering] your hands are covered in the blood of palestinian children should not in our -- palestinian children. not in our name. nowhere -- on average about 130 people have been killed every day in gaza for the last 10 months.

you, but i didn't, you, -- you biden, you, kamala have done nothing. you could have ended this a long time ago. you could have ended this with prime minister netanyahu. you could have ended it when the defense minister declared no electricity, no fuel, no water. and called us human animals. you could have ended it when netanyahu said he would use unprecedented might. you could have ended it when he made the biblical reference to which means israeli forces go and kill everyone and everything with no distinction. could have ended it when the

minister said we are now rolling the -- the catastrophe representing ongoing forcible displacement, disposition, ethnic cleansing, land theft, repression and denial of self-determination and basic human rights and repatriation, freedom, justice and liberation. you have done nothing while palestinians were being slaughtered. the specific intention to destroy civilian life and infrastructure was clear yet you did nothing. the i ck world israel is committing genocide and rolled again for what it is doing in gaza, the icc is about to issue arrest warrants against benjamin netanyahu.

that was not evidence and a for you to do so -- evidence enough for you to do something? yes, you did think. correction -- you did nothing. correction, you did do something. your proposed to give israel an additional $14.3 billion of military aid. an additional $20 billion i martyrs and resist by any means necessary. [cheering] our voices grow louder with each passing day shouting to kamala harris and the entire dnc. we are the ones who are speaking. [cheering] free free palestine. >> free, free palestine. >> to the sea.

>> from the river to the sea. >> palestine will be free. >> palestine will be free. >> thank you. [cheering] >> up next, we have a research analyst at the institute for policy studies analyzing military spending in the u.s. federal budget. he was elected to the democratic-socialist of america's national political committee and is currently cochair. make some noise. [cheering] >> i am a cochair of democratic socialist of america. i am proud to stand with tens of thousands of um anymore people all over the country in solidarity with the people of palestine whose struggle is a symbol of the human will for liberation all over the world.

[cheering] my family is from bangladesh which experienced a genocide over six years ago sponsored by the united states. just this past month protest led by students in bangladesh forced a dictator to resign and free the country. [cheering] alongside -- they were waving flags of palestine. [cheering] showing deeply how these troubles are connected. through moments like this all over the world where people are rising, forced to rise against injustice and repression that become intolerable and they learn how to organize in every way possible to defeat those systems and build the alternative. we have seen moments like this in the united states from occupy wall street to occupant -- to black lives matter in sandy rock. and for the past year we have been protesting for palestine.

people take to the streets because we cannot tolerate it anymore. every time we rise up, we learn ways to sustain and build stronger organizations that can outlast these moments of movements. [cheering] the democratic national convention we are here protesting today represents of doing -- reasons a way of doing things of the united states that allows tens of thousands of people to be murdered with our taxpayer dollars while our communities already funded here in the united states. all of us here are part of building an alternative to that. as socialist we know the back phone of strong vocal movements is organized workers. nothing is as strong as workers organizing to realize our self interest is aligned with oppressed people all over the world and using our collective power to demonstrate how powerful that solidarity can be. [cheering]

it has been many decades in that it states since labor unions have stood up against war perpetrated by the united states and for internationalism such as in the past few months. we have seen seven major labor unions and counting come out to demand in arms embargo against israel. demand an end to aid to israel. including united auto workers which represents hundreds of thousands of workers all over the country and this is because 70 people organized for many years to reform their unions from the inside from the bottom up. dsa members were among those struggling for many years to do this. this is the kind of struggle we need to do in every organization, every institution of ring class power we are building together. it is the strength of our movement on the outside that empowers outs to intervene against the system oppressing us. this is what empowers people like holderman byron lopez. it is what empowers congresswoman rashida to leave from detroit who said the words

from the river to the sea and palestine will be free and was censored by the rest of congress. this is what empowers cori bush in st. louis. a champion for the cease fire resolution in congress. aipac had to spend $20 million to defeat her earlier this month. they are not going to keep us back. we are organizing more strongly -- [no audio]

[no audio] >> and we seem to have lost our signal from this live event. work to resolve the issue and we hope to resume our live coverage shortly. >> liberation who lived and organized in los angeles and was one of the founders of the legendary brown boys. make some noise. >> what is up, everybody? we are ready to march, right? i am a product of the antiwar

movement in vietnam. [cheering] the vietnamese people -- against -- an radicalized me to support the struggle of vietnam against u.s. imperialism. that is why today we are in solidarity with the struggle of the palestinian people. a return for all of our palestinian refugees. i come from a -- from california. a chicago neighborhood. we are chicano. we fight for chicano power.

we supply working class power. we support black power. chicano power. and working class power together. we are going to have a resolute -- a revolution in this country. [cheering] i organized in my neighborhood. we fight against we fight for better schools against privatization we know that struggle for self-determination and revolution in this country, are you with me? are you with me? revolution yeah. i learned that in the mexican

revolution as a teenager. the u.s. has now been isolated around the world for their support of gaza and genocide. the dnc and the rnc, the leadership of the dnc and the rnc represent the rich interests of this country. they represent the empire. so we have to fight and organize against u.s. empire. are you with me? against u.s. imperialism and support the struggle of the people throughout the world. in closing, i want to sigh was a guest in venezuela for the 10 year anniversary of hugo chavez

passing. nicaragua and venezuela, chicano power -- >> ok, everyone. i need you to listen up bro quick. we have a special guest who going to take the stage today. i have the honor of introducing the legendary civil rights activists, mr. cornell west. [cheers and applause]

>> let us speak clear. let us not be deceived. we are here for our brothers and sisters and victory. your dignity and your decency will never be crushed. this is not about politics or some utilitarian election.

i come to you from a great black people. who taught the world so much about law. [indiscernible]

show them you are mobilizing. we have a love for oppressed people wherever they are around the world. it's about the hoods and the barrios and the poor communities. i just left this magnificent press conference, we simply want

to say of black place in a high place in the same empire, the same policy of genocide -- it's not your skin pigmentation, it's not your gender. what kind of political consequences from the 25th chapter of matthew, what you do unto the least of me, you do unto me. and that's true for all races jews muslims, atheists

agnostics, shame on the democratic party. [indiscernible]

[chanting in another language] >>me gente political organization and one of the leading organizations in the u.s. we are apolitical in organizing hub for latina and latinx, we seek racial gender economics and racial justice is. we are pro-indigenous, pro-black, pro-worker, and pro-immigrant. and proudly, our members join today's march two loudly say no tags for ice. also, justice is our demand.

no peace on stolen land. justice is our demand. no peace on stolen land. one last one for you. i do it for my people. i do it for my people. thank you, guys. >> i am an immigrant justice organizer and we are proud to be here to march against the dnc. we represent the low income

undocumented, the multiethnic. when i was a young boy immigrating to the u.s., i was told the story that if i worked hard enough that i could achieve the american dream. who here believes in that myth? not me. no, the american dream is made possible to the few at the expense of the many, at the expense of a living nightmare for the rest of the world. the same forces that divided my home michael rios, are the same ones occupying the land of palestine -- my koreas. we are here to be reminded that it doesn't matter if it's a democrat in office are republican, the imperialist

forces of the u.s. must be stopped. for those who are undocumented, i remember asking what does citizenship, what does legalization mean to me? and it doesn't mean being a part of this unjust system. it means demanding more each and every day and fighting for all of our liberation. power to the people. no one is illegal. power to the people. no one is illegal. thank you. >> one more time for the hana center.

viva viva palenstina! rama is from the national students for justice in palestine which builds the legacy and the impact of the student movement and unifies and supports student organizers at the push forward demands for palestine liberation and self-determination on the campuses. they support over 300 independent student organizations. welcome, welcome. welcome, rama. >> thank you. hi, everybody, how are we doing? hello?

ok. good afternoon, everybody. i'm rama with national center for justice in palestine. i just want to start off by thanking the march on the dnc coalition for all their hard work and executing this march. give it up for them. i also want to thank scs msa and dissenters for their support and involvement in the official student contingent march which is coordinated and facilitated the congregation of hundreds of students here today. finally, i want to thank all my fellow students who have worked day in and day out to make palestine unavoidable on their campuses especially in chicago for the work they are doing right here in chicago.

before i continue i want to get to the audience a little. if you are a student, can you make some noise? and if you supported the students throughout the brutal repression they faced, can you also make some noise? and now this should be everybody. if you are tired of the democratic party's continued enabling and supporting genocide against our people in gaza for the last 11 months, let the dnc hear your rage. i'm proud to be among you all today speaking as the voice of the student movement, affirming that students commitment to the liberation of palestine is a strong as ever. we join you all today, the workers, the elders, youth, and children, to say loudly and clearly to the dnc that those who support and fund the genocide of our people are not

welcome in our city. for decades, students have been actively confronting zionism and fighting for the liberation of palestine on their college campuses under the banner of students for justice in palestine. sjp has 200 chapters alone founded after october organizing under his banner. since the start of the genocide, students in the u.s. and across the world have risen to join the struggle for liberation and their power has raised the ceiling for our struggle in a revolutionary way. we know that this is a clear testament to the consciousness and power of the students and we see how when we are banded together with the broader masses we have immense and endless power. we all stand here today march on the dnc in chicago remembering

the dnc back in 1968, also in chicago. back in people were protesting the same thing where posttesting today which is u.s. imperialism. the 1968 and today, students have been at the forefront of the fight against u.s. imperialism and the u.s. empire and its destruction around the world. as we witness the horrors, when the students turn our attention to those who are profiting off the genocide which is our administrators and universities. in april we created a crisis through the -- so that they could no longer ignore. we erupted with hundreds of chapters erecting encampments on their campuses. students across the entire globe, including our very own northwestern in chicago and

nepal students gave their administrators a choice. either to fully divest from the zionist entities or to allow the university's reputation to absolutely shatter. and of course administrators chose the latter as the brutalized students using the police force, the very police force that is right here all around us, and academic repression. but guess what? the student intifada lived on. we are returning stronger than ever before as we head into the fall semester. as long as our administrators are going to continue profiting off the genocide of our people as palestinians we will continue to confront them just as we are confronting the complicit democratic party today. only genocide supporters must be confronted wherever they go and we will not rest until cease

fire and ultimate liberation. it is clear that harris' intention is to continue fueling this genocide and her very own national security advisor recently stated they would not support an arms embargo. 11 months and counting of genocide is an additional stain on the record of the democratic party and the u.s. government and the blood of every single martyr is on the hands of our politicians. until we achieve an arms embargo and unconditional eight into the zionist entity, permanent cease-fire and liberated palestine, we will remain in revolt both on her campuses and in the streets. thank you. >> give it up one more time for sjp.

alright, it's my honor now to introduce -- have maggie lugo, they celebrate mexican culture to promote civic responsibility. she led the movement that wrought more than 500 thousand people to the streets of chicago and back to the u.s.. give it up for maggie. >> may everybody hear us. [chanting in another language] >> my name is maggie lugo and

i'm executive director of casa michoacuan. what we seen, we need organization for all. chicago -- new immigrants and refugees have steadily arrived in chicago and were currently experiencing a humanitarian crisis. these waves of immigrants throughout the city in many areas across illinois. members have organized alongside allies, palestinians are immigrants and everyone is welcome here.

we have fought for these gains even as false party support revved up policies and deportation in the white house. but guess what, illinois a very welcoming state. we have stopped collaboration between immigration enforcement and local police. we have won direct assistance in -- for immigrant families. we won state id and driver's licenses for all. so what do we say? i want to hear everyone loud and clear say -- [chanting]

the people united will never be defeated. today march because this is personal. this is personal along with many of my long-standing palestinian refugees, we all deserve one thing. we deserve dignity and respect try dignity. for the last two years, governor abbott sought to create division and use people as pawns for his anti-immigrant political scheme by busing tens of thousands of new arrivals to chicago and other cities. but today we are marching to say enough is enough. [chanting]

viva palenstina! from palestine to mexico border wall's have got to go. >> let's give another welcome to a member of usta chicago and cochair of the national campaign for free all palestinian political prisoners. she has been performing her spoken word poetry since she was an sjp leader at loyola chicago. let's give it up for her. [cheers and applause] >> hi, everyone.

i have a poem for you all today and i hope that you enjoy it. location unknown which violent nationstate have been dropped off to today? one dead, too dead, three dead, four. who is keeping score? 100 dead, 200 dead, 300 dead, four. how many more? we can keep handling anymore. 1000 dead, 2000 dead, 3000 dead four. we are more than what's forgotten. we are more than what's ignored. location unknown.

one dead, too dead, three dead, four. just how much more? we are not numbers on your scale of how many were murdered by your calculated bombing. location unknown, i have yet to figure out which violent nationstate i have been dropped off to today. you have a capitalist imperialistic plotting to eliminate me. there's a scourge it might -- assorted my neck threatening to cut me dead if i not to surrender, location unknown. i'm lost inside the deepest darkest parts of my mind. what's illegal in terms of an imperialist catalyst of absolute violence? screaming in silence, it's never one simple explosion. it's always an entire fireworks show. bodies ripped open, palestinian

children are stuck inside prison cells crying out for their mothers while colonizers cry wolf inside of my dead grandfather's home. what are you crying for? you keep convincing yourself that your native. native to a land you don't know before. location unknown. i have to remind myself that i'm not crazy. i'm not crazy. i am not crazy. a violent nation state, what is the truth of your nature today? where do i exist today? location unknown. i am stuck inside the deepest darkest parts of my mind ready to implode. i've been writing in circles of my despair for way too long today. my anger is finding me today. my hunger is blinding me today. you're pushing me way past my limits here today.

the head of the snake. i am deep inside the belly of the beast. you do not need peace talk. you need surrendering. you mean complete and other annihilation. your sword is at my neck. location unknown. violent nation states dropping bombs justified by an alleged lack of human civility. there is a sort at my neck forcing me to surrender, threatening to cut me dead if i do not surrender. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> give it up one more time. we are fighting against injustice. but what we are truly living for is the expression in connection

and she did such a great job of reminding us of that. thank you so much, rhonda. our folks excited to march? it's coming up soon. but before we do, i want to introduce amazing essential workers, people who keep us alive. i like to enter dose -- introduce folks from the illinois nurses association who just went on strike. >> thank you. guy's, they told me this morning to show up. my name is kristen perez, i'm from the illinois nurses association and we represent

4000 nurses across the state of illinois. 1700 of which are on strike down the block at the university of illinois right now. we are health-care workers who are fighting for our patients our safety, our staffing, and a seat at the table in decision-making at the hospital where we do all the work. health-care workers don't get to walk away when there's a public health and safety crisis. you all know that the nurses are the ones who stood by their patients during the covid pandemic and and health care workers in gaza do the same to save the lives of those who are being bombed to bits and hospitals that are supposed to be sacred spaces, places of safety and healing. we believe that racism is a

public health crisis, and so is genocide. but methods with which health care corporation seek to exploit and oppress workers in chicago, illinois come and u.s. are rooted in the same oppression exploitation and extraction tactics used against the palestinian people of gaza. if any of you know a nurse, you know we don't know how to be silent. we will never stop advocating for our patients, and we see all the palestinian people as our people. the illinois nurses association here to say, not in our name never fucking again, and free palestine.

i just want a little chant, since we are here. let me get a viva, viva, viva palestina! [chanting] thank you very much >> all right, we are almost ready to march. we've got a couple more speakers coming up. let's give it up one more time for our fellow health-care workers who came up here. but next let's give a nice warm welcome to the chair of the u.s. chapter of the international league of people struggles.

ilps is a global alliance of 400 grassroots anti-imperialist people organizations fighting for national and social liberation. let's give it up one more time for cody urban. >> all right, y'all still feeling energized? let's start another chant. when i say long-lived, you are going to say international solidarity. ready to try that one? [chanting] that's right, make some noise for yourself are still being out here today. the international league of people struggles, our u.s. country chapter of over 70

organizations is proud to march alongside all of you today against the jokester sure rating d&c. my friends, we have to be really serious about the significance of us marching here today. the world has not been at this level of crisis in many of our lifetimes. the sheer depravity of what the democrats and republicans are willing to do to keep the u.s. as number one superpower is clearly seen in the genocide that keeps going on in palestine right now. and it could be only the beginning if these parties keep pushing us closer to the brink of all-out war. but of course this has always

been a war against the people. this has always been a war against workers. this has always been a war against oppressed nations. there is nothing the democrats have to offer us, whether it's biden, whether it's kamala or anyone else there going to throw at us. biden stood on the picket line of a strike, but he called striking railroad workers terrace. does that sound like a pro worker party to you? kamala stood at an abortion clinic but the policies they are pushing is a misery to working families. is that sound like a pro woman party to you? these solutions they are peddling or false solutions. there is no way to fix a profit oriented system. there is no way to fix imperialism.

the only solution we can push for is our movement building. is what we can demand. we are not here to tell you who to vote for. we are not here to tell you who not to vote for. instead were going to talk about what we are willing to fight for, because that is where true solutions come from. ilps is proud to march with all of you. we are pushing for genuine people's platform. the false solutions of the democrats and republicans, all power to all the people and long-lived international solidarity. see you in the streets! >> give it up one more time for cody urban. i'm proud to present the next speaker, representing chicago for abortion rights. an organizer who is a critical reproductive rights -- in the

city. that publicly project incredible displays of support for palestine. give it up one more time for mandy. >> how are y'all doing? chicago for abortion rights is out here today because we refused to allow the democrats to use abortion rights and trends rights as a bargaining chip, to force us to vote for their imperialist agenda. we refuse the liberal co-optation of the reproductive justice movement so they can tell us to vote lou, no matter who. we reject israel's -- we do not stand with the zion's so-called feminists who celebrate their equal rights to blockade a drugs and murder palestinian families. we remember every single time

democrats promise to protect our right to bodily autonomy and utterly failed us. we know that there is no reproductive justice without palestinian liberation and we refuse to let the democrats separate and divide our struggles. we refused to vote for genocide. we will not be distracted by the electoral circus of our two party system funded by corporations and billionaires. another casualty of this absurd election cycle is our abortion funds, many of whom are living -- losing funding because the wealthy liberal institutions who pledge money after the democrats allowed roe to fall have now pooled their money to give to kamala's campaign, hindering thousands and thousands of americans from getting the abortion care they need. we will continue to fund and

support our abortion funds which have been doing all they can to keep abortion accessible after the democrats abandoned abortion rights on the national stage. and now when it's too late, kamala harris and many other democrats are making reproductive justice one of the pillars of their campaign. but empty campaign promises do not provide abortion care to people in states with restrictive abortion bands. empty campaign promises do not keep clinic doors open. anti-campaign promises do not stop our tax dollars from going to israel's settler colonial project instead of materially supporting families here in the u.s. into campaign promises do not stop the bombs from falling on thousands of families in gaza. we don't want empty campaign promises. we want what the majority of americans want. expanded access to reproductive and junior affirming health care and support for families and an end to u.s. arms exports to

israel. we know that no matter who wins the election, we will show up in the street staffed her date to make sure every person has the basic human right of reproductive and junior affirming health care and we will mobilize and organized after day until the u.s. stop sending money and weapons to israel and palestine is free. we cannot rely on the democrats to deliver us our liberation. we will seize it ourselves. real feminist know that our liberation is bound up with the liberation of all working-class people fighting for justice and freedom all around the world including and especially in palestine. no one is free until everyone is free. real power comes not from the politicians, but from the people. and the people say free, free palestine. [chanting] thank you.

>> when women's rights are under attack, what do we do? when women's rights are under attack, what do we do? that's give it up one last time for mandy medley. were going to hear a couple more speakers and then we have to go in make some noise. let's give it up for a speaker with an anti-imperialist operation of korean and others in the u.s. resisting war and division in korea. >> who is the revolution? get up and take a stand.

we are taking back the land. we are taking back the land. we are taking back the land. comrades what a privilege it is to stand with you here today. i know you are hot, but we are going to keep on fighting. we are a national organization of anti-imperialist koreans. we have fought to expose u.s. imperialism in korea for 25 years. we came all the way from new york and california. to march with you here today because as caress of korean people, we fully support the palestinian separation struggle for self-determination across

every inch of historic palestine. from the river to the sea, it's not just a chant, it's a promise. in gaza we are seeing the twisted face of u.s. imperialism exposed before the entire world. as korean people, this is a face we know well, because since 19 45, when the u.s. military invaded our country and divided our land, they have been at war against the korean people. shame! and every day since the u.s. invaded our country our people have struggled for liberation. and still, despite paying the cost of millions of lives, we continue to resist because

there is nothing more precious than liberation. right now as we speak, the u.s. military is conducting wargames in korea. this is one of the largest war exercises on earth. while the public in the u.s. is distracted by the spectacle, the u.s. military is dropping bombs on korea. they are rehearsing for the invasion of north korea. with tens of thousands of troops and what's more, these wargames are also nuclear war exercises. right now the u.s. military is conducting nuclear scenarios in

korea, and just a few weeks ago the u.s. in south korea held their first ever war exercise, reviewing how they would deploy a u.s. nuclear weapon to strike korea. we want to invite you all to join the u.s. out of korea campaign. open up your phone go to u.s. out of korea.org, and we have one last chant we want to teach you all. repeat after me. in the wargames, leave our land. u.s. out is our demand. into the wargames, leave our land. u.s. out is our demand. thank you.

>> all right. we are so close to getting this march launched. are you ready? all right, i'm proud to introduce our final speaker from the national students for a democratic society. an ethiopian american organizer with sts in denver, and since october, the denver sts has been organizing a divestment from genocide campaign, and at the end of april it join student organizations across the u.s. and the world to set up an in camera that lasted for 22 days. give it up for colin. >> disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.

disclose divest, we will not stop, we will not rest. i'm a student organizer speaking for the national society. the student movement is on fire. a fire of students for justice in columbia, indian cam it's all over the country, at the university of minnesota, at the university of wisconsin milwaukee, students today are getting organized. were seeing our number strengthen. students will continue to protest for a free palestine. the wars in palestine or levels unseen before. we have witnessed 40,000 people murdered in less than one year.

shame! students have chosen to stand for justice and liberation. when students launch the first student intifada with the encampment movement, we were met with police batons and mace. democrats have exposed themselves. we see now they are unwilling to enact the change we have to struggle for. shame! we need money for education, not for genocide and occupation. these reporters keep asking me why do students feel so strongly about palestine? on our campuses we see the administration cut student services and are always there to increase tuition.

after squeezing all the money they can from us and investing in the genocide of the palestinian people. by standing with palestine the palestinian struggle is the student struggle. the palestinian struggle is your struggle. the palestinian struggle is our struggle. we will keep fighting to see justice just as the palestinians have been doing. we understand that when you dare to struggle, you dare to win. if you dare not struggle, then damn it, you do not deserve to win. in my encampment, the struggle was high. right police came, attacked and arrested almost everyone. students have a right to protest genocide.

we came right back and put the tents right back up. the student movement is growing because students understand that progressive change on campus is not asked for, but demanded. students are you ready to continue the fight today and go across the country? are you standing with palestine and demanding an end to u.s. aid to israel? the palestinian struggle is now our struggle. the palestinian struggle is now our struggle. who's ready to march? >> all right, i'd like to bring back our og mc's.

can we get them back on the stage? >> make some noise chicago! let's give it up once more for all of our incredible speakers today. who's ready to march? who's ready to march? before we march we want to give the coalition banner an opportunity to get positioned in the front. while that is happening, please stay put so we can practice some chants. are you ready? are you ready? genocide joe is sending bombs.

killing children, dads and moms. killer kamala is sending bombs. killing children, dads and moms. [chanting] 1, 2, 3, 4. occupation no more. 5, 6, 7, 8. we will liberate. we don't want no two state. we want all of 48. israel bombs, the usa pays. how many kids did you kill

today? money for jobs and education not for war and occupation biden, biden, you can't hide we charge you with genocide harris, harris, you can't hide we charge you with genocide no justice, no peace no justice, no peace the genocide must cease the genocide must cease

no justice, no peace uso to the middle east uso to the middle east. y'all are doing great. give yourselves a round of applause. our bodies, our lives our right to decide keep abortion safe and legal we will not give up the fight health care is a human right no hate, no fear

immigrants are welcome here no ban no wall freedom for all up, up with liberation down, down with deportation up, up with liberation down, down with occupation [chanting in another language] say it loud and say it clear immigrants are welcome here

say it loud and say it clear refugees are welcome here [chanting in another language] from palestine to mexico border wall's have got to go power to the people no one is illegal black lives matter

black lives matter hey, hey, ho ho these racist cops have got to go hey, hey, ho ho this prison systems got to go same story every time being black is not a crime ok, this one is a little bit longer, y'all, ok? mad dog, mad dog, we want freedom, freedom all these racist cops, we don't need 'em need 'em

we want freedom, freedom all these racist cops, we don't need 'em need 'em. show me what community looks like show me what democracy looks like for this one were going to say who's got the power? [no audio]

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c-spanshop.org.esenta sebreakfast in chicago. >> welcome to the first california delegation breakfast at the 2024 democratic national convention in chicago, illinois. [applause] ment? speaking spanish] are you ready? democrats, please rise if you're able to and welcome the democrat aapi you a cuss caucus chair who will lead us in the pledge of allegiance. >> good morning everybody. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of

america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> please continue to stand if you're able and welcome illinois college perez, -- gabrielle perez, who will sing the national anthem. [applause] -- gabriel perez, who will sing the national anthem. [applause] >> ♪ o say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hail at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight

oary aren'ting -- o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say